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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 7 2007, 08:57 PM (568 Views) | |
| rc.cope | Aug 7 2007, 08:57 PM Post #1 |
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A man was on the water for his weekly fishing trip. He began his day with an 8 pound bass on the first cast and a 7 pounder on the second. On the third cast he had just caught his first ever 11 pounder when his cell phone rang. It was a doctor notifying him that his wife had been in a terrible accident and was in critical condition in a local ICU. The man told the doctor to inform his wife where he was and that he would be there as soon as possible. As he hung up he realized that he was having what was shaping up to be his best ever day on the water. He decided to make a few more casts before heading for the hospital. He ended up fishing the rest of the morning, finishing his trip with a stringer like he'd never seen, with 3 bass over 10 pounds...Then he remembered his wife. Feeling guilty he dashed to the hospital. He saw the doctor in the corridor and asked about his wife's condition. The doctor glared at him and shouted, "You went ahead and finished your fishing trip, didn't you? I hope you're proud of yourself! While you were out for the last four hours enjoying yourself on the pond, your wife has been languishing in the ICU! It's just as well you went ahead and finished because it will more than likely be the last fishing trip you ever take! For the rest of her life she will require round the clock care. And you'll be her caregiver...forever!!" The man was feeling guilty, so he broke down and sobbed. The doctor then snickered and said, "Just fuckin' with you. She's dead. What'd you catch?" |
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| Dr Gonzo | Aug 8 2007, 06:40 AM Post #2 |
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that sounds fishy... i like it |
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I would like you on A long black leash I would parade you Down the high street You've got the attraction You've got the pulling power Walk my little doggy Walk my little sex dwarf | |
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| sandad42 | Aug 8 2007, 07:10 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY SHIT!!!!!!! That is so sick and yet so like me.
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| dmattingly | Aug 8 2007, 11:10 PM Post #4 |
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Great Male joke Rob! Completely sexist and Ilike it! |
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| TJ | Aug 9 2007, 03:54 AM Post #5 |
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It took me awhile to remember where I heard (a version) of that before.....it's right here at about 3:37 minutes.
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| Ali | Aug 9 2007, 01:19 PM Post #6 |
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Am I the only one here who does not find reactionary sexist 'humour' even remotely funny? It's not surprising all the girls have left the forum. |
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| rc.cope | Aug 9 2007, 02:28 PM Post #7 |
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I dunno, Ali. Perhaps you are the only one. I got that joke from a woman, and sent it on to every woman in my address book...didn't receive a single thing from anybody telling me it was sexist. One thing I've always liked about this forum was being able to speak one's mind...even if it included an occasional vulgarity. So many other forums have a moderator who slaps your hand for the smallest infraction. Sorry you took it that way. |
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| TJ | Aug 9 2007, 08:45 PM Post #8 |
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Boys....boys....please don't fight among yourselves, life is too short! Yes the joke is sexist, because it implies that men are selfish, lazy, shallow louts, something we all know not to be true... Turn it around and make it a woman on, say, a shopping expedition who delays getting to her husband in the hospital, and, well, that would be anti-woman sexist. In the Gilbert Gottfried version I linked to (if you can stand listening to his voice) he doesn't have the fishing trip buildup, but stretches out the bit about caring for the disabled wife ("You'll have to feed her, bathe her, clean her because she has no control over her bladder or bowels..."). The "humor" in the bit comes from the way the doctor takes one of the worst life experiences imaginable (a dead spouse) and makes it sound like a relief in comparison to the alternative outcome (a permanently disabled spouse). We laugh because (1) we think that is one clever doctor, delivering bad news that way, and (2) the uncomfortable and guilty recognition that in real life we ourselves may actually be selfish enough to think the "dead" outcome was the better one for us to deal with. Comedy class for the day is dismissed. I'm going fishing (or maybe shopping...) |
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| Ali | Aug 9 2007, 08:51 PM Post #9 |
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Really not intended to feel like a hand slap, Rob ... humour is a very personal thing, and I was just voicing my own feelings, not expecting or hoping for anyone else to agree with me. :rolleyes: It would be a pretty boring world if everyone agreed with everyone else about everything. I am a great fan of people (not just me) speaking their mind, and I would hate anyone to change their evil ways on my behalf, even if they could! I shall get off my moany arse now, and try and remember a joke that makes me laugh, to see if it works on any of you! |
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| Ali | Aug 9 2007, 09:12 PM Post #10 |
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That's an interesting post, TJ. I was hoping my grumpy comments would start a discussion of that particular joke, because I had such a violently negative reaction to it, and that is very unusual for me. On reading it again I find what really upsets me is the callousness of the doctor ... the very antithesis of what a doctor is supposed to be. |
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| rc.cope | Aug 9 2007, 09:21 PM Post #11 |
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OK, I got a new one... Q: What do 1500 battered women all have in common? A: Not a damn one of them knew when to shut the fuck up.
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| Ali | Aug 9 2007, 09:27 PM Post #12 |
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Now that made me laugh, you bastard! I wonder if there is a cultural (i.e. Anglo/American) problem with the first joke? |
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| rc.cope | Aug 9 2007, 09:34 PM Post #13 |
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Like TJ said...the first joke means that some men are so insensitive that their wife dying is not as important as fishing. Hell, I would at least wait until after the funeral to wet my line.
On the other hand...I had a friend whose father in law passed away and he was so glad you'd have thought his team had just won the championship. And you're probably right...Americans have a sick sense of humor that does not translate in other cultures.
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| TJ | Aug 9 2007, 09:50 PM Post #14 |
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Reminds me of an ancient joke (i.e., I heard it when I was a kid...) Four guys are playing a round of golf and waiting to tee off when a funeral procession drives past on the adjacent roadway. One of the men takes off his cap until the procession passes. "That was awfully thoughtful of you!" says one of his friends. To which the man replies.. "Well it was the least I could do. That was my wife in the hearse." |
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| TJ | Aug 9 2007, 09:54 PM Post #15 |
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Thank God you are 5500 miles away!
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HOLY SHIT!!!!!!! That is so sick and yet so like me.

8:20 PM Jul 11